Speakers

James Lockyer: Lockyer has been a criminal lawyer for 37 years. Since 1992, the majority of his practice has involved unravelling wrongful convictions. Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted.

Selwyn A. Pieters: Pieters has appeared at all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada in Fraser v. Ontario and Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Bombardier Inc. (2015). Prior to entering private practice, Pieters was a Refugee Protection Officer at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

Evelyn Maeder: Dr. Maeder is the Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University in Ottawa. Dr. Maeder’s work investigates the influence of social psychological principles in legal decision-making. Primarily, she examines factors (both legal and extralegal) related to jurors’ decisions in criminal trials.

Location & Time

The event will take place in the Moot Court (NCDH 100) at the McGill Faculty of Law on Monday, February 22, 2016 from 5:30PM - 8:00PM, followed by a cocktail reception.